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Bradley Klapper / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Gov't declares 22 Clinton emails ‘top secret’ — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration confirmed for the first time Friday that Hillary Clinton's unsecured home server contained some of the U.S. government's most closely guarded secrets, censoring 22 emails with material demanding …
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Max Fisher / Vox:
The Hillary Clinton top-secret email controversy, explained — The saga of Hillary Clinton and her emails took an unusual turn on Friday: the State Department announced it is withholding 22 emails because they contain information marked “top secret.” And Clinton's campaign immediately objected …
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
22 Hillary Clinton emails declared ‘top secret’ by State Dept.
22 Hillary Clinton emails declared ‘top secret’ by State Dept.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Buzz builds for Rubio in Iowa — Buzz is growing on the ground in Iowa around Marco Rubio, who many political watchers believe is set for a stronger-than-expected showing at Monday's caucuses. — In interviews with The Hill, Iowa Republicans and independent analysts in the state say Rubio …
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Jeff Naft / ABC News:
Donald Trump Calls Ted Cruz an ‘Anchor Baby’
Donald Trump Calls Ted Cruz an ‘Anchor Baby’
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CBS News:
Donald Trump: No regrets about missing GOP debate
Donald Trump: No regrets about missing GOP debate
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Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
Sorry, Donald Trump. But Megyn Kelly is a fantastic debate moderator.
Sorry, Donald Trump. But Megyn Kelly is a fantastic debate moderator.
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Matthew Dolan / Detroit Free Press:
EPA: High lead levels in Flint exceed filters' rating — Local, state and federal officials Friday evening urged all Flint residents to get their water tested for lead after recent samples exceeded levels that can be effectively treated by water filters handed out to residents.
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Abby Goodnough / New York Times:
Flint Weighs Scope of Harm to Children Caused by Lead in Water — FLINT, Mich. — Quayana Towns's 2-month-old daughter wriggled on an exam table last week as her pediatrician ticked off questions that have become essential for every parent of young children here.
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Sarah Rumpf / Independent Journal Review:
He Said He Was An Undecided Iowan Until He He Received This Controversial Mailer From Ted Cruz. — Sarah Rumpf is a journalist, attorney, and caffeine addict living in Austin, Texas. Follow her on Twitter @rumpfshaker. — ShareTweetEmail — Independent Journal Opinion is an opinion platform …
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Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
The Goldberg File — Dear Reader (including those of you who feel entitled to a jocular parenthetical statement every frick'n week), — Let me just say I'm in a foul mood. — I know, I know, Trump supporters will declare, “Your tears are delicious!” — But that's not right.
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Feds in final ObamaCare push — The Obama administration is making a final push to boost ObamaCare enrollment ahead of Sunday's deadline to enroll. — The effort comes at the end of the health law's third year of sign-ups, which officials said from the start would be the hardest yet …
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New York Times:
Facebook Moves to Ban Private Gun Sales on Its Site and Instagram — Facebook is banning private sales of guns on its flagship social network and on its Instagram photo-sharing service, the company said late Friday. — President Obama, state attorneys general and gun safety groups …
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Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE -The city destroyed by migration: Inside the Swedish town where armed gangs patrol the streets, crime has exploded and a beautiful social worker's murder has shocked Europe — Gothenburg suburb last year took in more unaccompanied refugee children than anywhere else in the country - 4,041 added to a population of 63,000
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Daily Mail:
Stockholm train station mob on rampage beating up refugee children — A mob of black-clad masked men went on a rampage in and around Stockholm's main train station last night beating up refugees and anyone who did not look like they were ethnically Swedish.
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Daily Mail:
Three Somali men who gang-raped white 16-year-old girl in bathroom of hotel where they had stayed to celebrate Eid are jailed for 30 years — Three Somali men who gang-raped a white 16-year-old girl in the bathroom of a hotel where they went to celebrate Eid have been jailed for 30 years.
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Joe Drape / New York Times:
Payment Processor to Stop Working With Daily Fantasy Sports Clients — In perhaps the biggest blow yet to daily fantasy sports, a company that handles payment processing for the industry notified operators this week that it would no longer handle their transactions and that it would be leaving the space altogether.
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Clinton still leads Iowa; O'Malley Backers Could Help Sanders — PPP's new Iowa Democratic poll, conducted in partnership with Progress Iowa, continues to find Hillary Clinton holding a modest lead in the state. She's at 48% to 40% for Bernie Sanders and 7% for Martin O'Malley.
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Hillary Clinton confronts her 43 percent problem
Hillary Clinton confronts her 43 percent problem
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fox8.com:
Ohio model convicted of trying to hire hitman to kill husband's ex … CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio — A central Ohio jury has found a woman guilty of trying to hire a hitman to kill the mother of her husband's children. — The jury in Circleville, south of Columbus, found 33-year-old fashion model Tara Lambert guilty …
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The White House:
FACT SHEET: New Steps to Advance Equal Pay on the Seventh Anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act — “It is fitting that with the very first bill I sign...we are upholding one of this nation's first principles: that we are all created equal and each deserve a chance to pursue our own version of happiness.”
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Obama Moves to Expand Rules Aimed at Closing Gender Pay Gap
Obama Moves to Expand Rules Aimed at Closing Gender Pay Gap
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